Bright Spirits

It's been a crazy few weeks around here!  Besides the long holiday weekend last week, the store I work at moved (so much STUFF, and it just keeps appearing!!!!), I've been refinishing some furniture for a much overdue refresh in my dining room, and the birthday season has gotten in full swing around here.  A couple dozen cards down, only a few dozen more to go over the next few weeks!

And then it's time for holiday cards!

I actually made this card specifically so I could stitch on it.  I really wanted to try a stitched border with the copper thread, so that was the starting point for the rest of the card.

I'm loving the copper from both the Annual and Holiday Catalogs!  It's so pretty and so much warmer than gold (not that I would ever give up my gold!).

Thanks for stopping by!

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Copper Foil Sheets	Tin Of Tags Photopolymer Stamp Set	Clear Block D	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder	Versamark Pad
Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies	Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Copper Metallic Thread	Embossing Buddy	Pink Heat Embossing Gun | Hobby Lobby | 506345
Big Shot	Big Shot Platform	Stampin' Trimmer	X-ACTO X2008 Designer Series Precision Scissors, 5-Inch	Tombow Mono Multi Glue
Stick It Adhesive LARGE SHEETS 5 Pack SK310	Stampin' Dimensionals	Scotch CAT 085 Advanced Tape Glider,Cure Pink	JVCC ATG-7502 ATG Tape [Acid Neutral]	Stampin' Mist
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Watercolor Thanks

I've been playing with so many of the new holiday goodies - and I'm super excited to share with you what I've been making!  However, after so much red, and Christmas carols (for mood music!), I really wanted a brief break, back to something a bit more "August-y".

I decided to revisit this stamp set, to watercolor another set of these gorgeous flowers.  I stamped my image in Sahara Sand, so that the finished product would look fairly seamless.   Once I had finished my watercoloring, I coated all of the flowers with clear Wink of Stella.  I added the stamens to the bottom flower with my gel pen, and then coated that white ink with my gold Wink of Stella.

I had asked my fellow Inking Everything Teammates for some tips on photographing the glitter on the flowers.  The suggestion was to use a flashlight to highlight the sparkle that the WoS adds.

Thanks for stopping by!

PS.  Curious as to what I'm up to in between blog posts? Do you want to see other projects that I DON'T post about here on my blog?  Click on the little Social Media icons over on the right to follow me and see what else I'm doing!  


Supplies:

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock	Gold Foil Sheets	Watercolor Paper	Perfect Plum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Stampin' Rewards: Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set
Aqua Painters	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad
Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Padv	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad	Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad
Basic Black Archival Stampin%u2019 Pad	Versamark Pad	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen	White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen
Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush	Linen Thread	Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Big Shot	Big Shot Platform
Clear Block E	Bone Folder	X-ACTO X2008 Designer Series Precision Scissors, 5-Inch	Embossing Buddy	Pink Heat Embossing Gun | Hobby Lobby | 506345
Stampin' Trimmer	Stampin' Dimensionals	Scotch CAT 085 Advanced Tape Glider,Cure Pink	JVCC ATG-7502 ATG Tape [Acid Neutral]	Stampin' Scrub
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